What It Is
Finding water that hasn’t shown up inside yet
A ceiling stain tells you water got in somewhere. It rarely tells you where. Water travels along the deck and insulation before it finds a way through, so the wet spot inside can sit well away from the actual failure point on the roof. A moisture survey finds the real location before anyone starts cutting or patching.
Infrared Thermography
Wet insulation holds heat differently than dry insulation. A thermal camera makes that difference visible across the entire roof at once.
Electronic Leak Detection
Low voltage scanning pinpoints breaches in single ply membrane that are invisible to the eye, down to the exact spot.
Core Sample Confirmation
A small test cut confirms what the scan found before any repair plan gets built around it.
How It Works
Timing and reading the results
Infrared surveys are typically run in the evening after a sunny day. Wet insulation holds onto heat longer than dry insulation, so the difference shows up clearly once the roof surface starts cooling. What the scan finds changes the conversation that follows.
Isolated Wet Area
A good candidate for a targeted repair or patch, not a bigger project.
Widespread Wet Insulation
Points toward a recover or replacement conversation, since patching wet insulation does not solve the underlying problem.
Find out what's actually happening under your roof.
What It Costs And How Long It Lasts
A survey costs less than a guess
A moisture survey costs far less than an unnecessary tear off, or a repair that misses the real source and has to be redone. The result is a report, not a repair. It tells you what to do next, not just that something is wrong.
FAQ
Straight answers
Why not just fix the visible leak?
Because the visible leak and the actual failure point are often not the same spot. Patching where the stain is can miss the real problem entirely.
How long does a survey take?
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Do I need this before every repair?
Not every repair. If the failure point is obvious and isolated, a survey may not be necessary. It matters most when the source isn't clear or the damage seems larger than one visible spot.
Know before you cut into anything
A clear answer costs less than an educated guess that turns out wrong.
Cutting into a roof based on a guess means paying twice if the guess is wrong, once for the unnecessary repair, once for the real one. A survey removes the guessing before anyone touches the roof.